Newtown Remembrance parade assault man's order extended

Powys County Times

2 days ago

A Newtown man has had his community order extended after he missed three appointments.
Dean Murphy had been due to attend the Kaleidoscope offices in Newtown on February 19 and 24, and again on March 28, but didn't turn up.
The substance abuse sessions were part of the 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days that were part of the order set by Welshpool Magistrates' Court in January after Murphy assaulted an emergency worker during Newtown's Remembrance Sunday parade last year.
He had completed three days.
As part of the order, Murphy was told he would also have to complete 150 hours of unpaid work and be subject to a 120-day alcohol abstinence monitoring tag.
The court was told yesterday (Tuesday, June 25) that although the abstinence had been completed, Murphy had only completed two hours of unpaid work and that there would be a further court hearing to remove them.
Gurleen Kaur, defending, said there had been a "miscommunication" in which Murphy did not think the appointments were a mandatory condition of the court order, but added that he would be compliant in the future.
The 37-year-old, of Heol Y Coleg in Vaynor, admitted the breach and was fined £120, and told to pay £65 court costs.
But magistrates said they were concerned he would not complete the remaining 22 rehabilitation days before the order runs out, so they extended it by six months.
Chairman of the bench, Stephen Pembroke, noted that Murphy hadn't "really done a lot towards this community order."